Celebrated writer Arundhati Roy on Saturday refused to accept the prestigious Sahitya Akademi award in protest against the Indian government toeing the United States' line by 'violently and......
Image: Writer Nayantara Sahgal. Photograph: Photograph: Seema Pant/Rediff.com Acclaimed writer Nayantara Sahgal, the niece of India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru, has returned the......
'If they oppose the government on different issues, what has the Sahitya Akademi got to do with it?' 'I say you cannot return the Sahitya Akademi Award on this issue. This is no way to protest.'......
A clueless Sahitya Akademi has now called a meeting of its executive council on October 23 to decide the future course of action. Akshat Kaushal reports. Even as the number of literary......
Playwright and novelist Cyrus Mistry's English novel Chronicle of a Corpse Bearer and K R Meera's Aarachar in Malayalam are among the works that have won the prestigious Sahitya Akademi......
A lowdown on what's happening in the Tamil film industry. All eyes were on Kamal Haasan as he met up with spiritual guru and founder of the Art of Living Foundation, Sri Sri Ravi......
In a career spanning over five decades, Girish Karnad lived several lives... not only on the stage, but also as a scholar, theatre personality, actor and director. Photograph: Kind courtesy Film......
Cinema entertains, exhilarates and enlightens. Its ability to relate and inform the viewer through universal, timeless emotions are what contributes to its legacy, now available more easily than......
Lovers of good cinema should not miss this opportunity to watch one of the best Indian films of 2016, says Aseem Chhabra. Gurvinder Singh's second feature Chauthi Koot is a remarkable document......
IMAGE: Bharatiya Janata Party working president JP Nadda meets Rahul Dravid on Sunday. Photograph: ANI Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) working president JP Nadda met former cricketer Rahul Dravid at......